KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE June 7, 2018 at 9.00am
Changes in Konecranes’ Group Executive Board
Minna Aila (b. 1966) has been appointed Executive Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Affairs and Member of the Group Executive Board. In her role Ms. Aila will be responsible for marketing, communications, corporate responsibility, government relations and safety. She will report to Panu Routila, President and CEO. Ms. Aila will start in her new position on September 1, 2018. Consequently, the Group Executive Board will grow by one member.
Ms. Aila joins Konecranes from Nokia, where she has served as Vice President, Corporate Affairs since 2015. Prior to joining Nokia, Ms. Aila held various senior management positions in marketing, communications and corporate affairs at Outotec, Federation of Finnish Financial Services and Elcoteq SE. Ms. Aila has a Master of Laws degree.
Mikael Wegmüller, currently Vice President, Marketing and Communications, will assume new responsibilities within the company as Managing Director Konecranes France.
“Minna Aila is a strong and visionary leader with extensive experience ranging from external and internal communications to marketing, government relations and corporate responsibility. I am delighted to welcome Minna to Konecranes during this time of integration. With a background in global manufacturing and technology industries, including change communications and marketing transformation, Minna brings an ideal combination of skills and experience to the daily work of our Group Executive Board. At the same time, I want to express my sincere thanks to Mikael for his outstanding career so far at Konecranes and wish him the best of success in his new role”, says Panu Routila, President and CEO of Konecranes.
As of September 1, 2018, the Group Executive Board will consist of the following members:
Panu Routila, President and CEO
Teo Ottola, CFO, Deputy CEO
Fabio Fiorino, Executive Vice President, Business Area Service
Mikko Uhari, Executive Vice President, Business Area Industrial Equipment
Mika Mahlberg, Executive Vice President, Business Area Port Solutions
Juha Pankakoski, Executive Vice President, Technologies
Minna Aila, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Affairs
Timo Leskinen, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Sirpa Poitsalo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel
KONECRANES PLC
Panu Routila
President and CEO
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Eero Tuulos, Vice President, Investor Relations, Konecranes Plc,
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Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment of all makes. In 2017, Group sales totaled EUR 3,136 million. The Group has 16,200 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. Konecranes shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR).
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